Re: Any welders out there?

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• Subject: Re: Any welders out there?
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 13:03:27 -0600
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You will get shocked if your TIG machine has a HF stabilizer, which is
essentially a small tesla coil circuit that puts a HV HF signal across the
torch to workpiece to make the arc strike through air.  Looks just like a
TC circuit, spark gap, RF ceramic cap, inductor.....



> Original Poster: "Bill Noble" <william_b_noble-at-email.msn-dot-com> 
> 
> you don't get shocked with arc welding because the voltage is low - maybe
> 30V


> >
> > 2.  Also, if there are any welders out there (i figured coilers are the
> > type who know how to do things like heli-arc weld) if they could
explain
> > to me (off the list) why one doesn't normally get shocked by a heli-arc
> > welding system when they touch the metal that is grounded with the
clamp.
> >
> > Brent

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